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Communist, editor of Struggle-La Lucha, activist parent, trans woman ☭ 🏳️‍⚧️ #BlackLivesMatter | #StandWithDonbass | #ProtectTransKids
Oct 3, 2022 12 tweets 6 min read
October 3-4, 1993: Moscow uprising against U.S./Yeltsin counter-revolution

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#USSR #Russia #socialism October 3-4 marks the anniversary of the heroic uprising against #BorisYeltsin’s imperialist-backed attack on the Supreme Soviet in #Moscow. The uprising’s defeat represented the final overturn of socialist relations and the restoration of #capitalism in the USSR.
Oct 3, 2018 14 tweets 7 min read
October 3-4, 1993: #Moscow uprising against U.S./#Yeltsin capitalist counter-revolution & Black October massacre #Октябрь1993 #ЧерныйОктябрь #socialism #USSR #Russia October 3-4 marks the anniversary of the heroic uprising against #BorisYeltsin’s #imperialist-backed attack on the Supreme Soviet in Moscow. The uprising’s defeat represented the final overturn of socialist relations and the restoration of #capitalism in the USSR.